Feed-bag.



No. 843,967. PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907; A. M. SGHAPPA.

FEED BAG.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.26, 190s.

TNI nnnlus PETERS 00.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

ALBERT M. sonAPPii, 61% wEsTriELn, MASSACHUSETTS.

FEED-=BAG1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application filed Gct-oher 26, 1906. Serial Na 340.664.

To (a /Z whom it nw/g concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. SOHAPPA, citizen of the United States, residing at VVGStheld, in the county of I'Iampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Feed-Bags and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a side view of a headstall attachment constructed in accordance with my invention and shown in connection with a nose feed-bag; Fig. 2, an enlarged side view of the attachment with the rope removed and the straps broken away, Fig. 3, an edge view of the same; Fig. 4, a sectional view on a?) of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the pocket-plate detached; Fig. 6, a perspective view of the clamping-plate detached Fig. 7, an edgeview of a modified form of my invention.

This invention relates to an improvement in nose feed-bags, and particularly to those which comprise a headstall to which the bag is suspended by ropes or cords, the ropes being so connected with the harness that the bag is raised and lowered as the horse raises or lowers its head, the object of the invention being a simple construction of headstall or connections between the headstall and temple, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

The novel attachment consists of a plate 2, having right-angular arms 3 and 4. These arms are inset from the plane of the plate, which has its edges 5 turned inward. at right angles to form pockets 6 and 7. In the plate 2 is a conical boss 8, and preferably the plate is formed with a stud 9, having a reduced end 10. The pockets are also provided with perforations 11. In connection with this plate 2 I employ a clamping-plate 12, having arms 13 and 14, corresponding to the arms 3 and 4, the ends of the arms being adapted to enter the pockets 6 and 7 and are formed with rivet-holes 15 in line with the rivet-holes 11. This clamping-plate is also formed with a conical boss 16, corresponding to the boss 8, the two bosses forming a smooth rounded runway for the rope. The plate 12 is also formed with a perforation 17 to set over the reduced end 10 of the stud 9.

The headstall sti ap 18 is formed from leather or other suitable material, and its ends are inserted into the pockets 6, in which they are clamped by the arms 1.3, a rivet passing through the perforations 11 and 15 and the ends of the strap. The temple-strap 19 is like the headstall-strap 18, and its ends are secured in the pockets 7 in the manner above do -ibed. As an additional means for securing the clamping-plate 12 to the plate 3 the reduced end 10 of the study 9 is upset cutside the plate 12, the stud 9 holding the plates at the proper distance apart and taking the 85363111 from the ends of the bosses S and 16. Cords or ropes 20, connected with the top of the feed-bag 21 in the usual manner, pass between the plates 3 and 12 and ride freely over the surfaces of the bosses 8 and 16 as they would over a grooved roller, the cords being arranged in the usual manner for raising and lowering the bag. If desired, one end of the cord may be made fast to the attachment by passin through the bosses 8 and 16. Instead of Iorming the bosses 8 and 16 as above described a roller 22 may be mounted between the plates 2 and 12 upon a rivet 23, as shown in Fig. 7 By thus forming the attachment for the two straps the parts may be assembled with great facility and with a saving of material over the more common construction of headstalls in which the ends of the straps overlap each other.

I claim- 1. The combination with feed-bag and supporting-cord therefor, of a headstall attachment including headstall-straps and rightangled plates formed with pockets at their outer ends, said pockets adapted to receive the ends of the headstall-straps, and rightangled clamping-plates secured to said plates and adapted to clamp the ends of said straps in said pockets and provide a support for the bag, substantially as described.

2. The combination with feed-bag and supporting-cord therefor, of a headstall attachment including headstall-straps, and rightangled plates having pockets arranged at their outer ends to receive the ends of the said headstall-straps, said plates also formed with a conical boss, and clamping-plates having arms entering said pockets means for securing said plates so as to clamp the head stall-straps thereto, said clamping-plates also formed with a boss in line with the boss on the first plate, the two bosses forming a runway for the bag-supporting cord, substantially as described. 5 3. The combination with feed-bag and supporting-cord therefor, of a headstall attach- Inent including headstall-straps, and angleplates having pockets arranged at their outer ends to receive the ends of the said headstallstraps, said plates also formed with an inwardly-extending conical boss and with an inwardly-extending stud having a reduced end, and clamping-plates having arms enter- 5 mg sald pockets means for securlng said i 5 plates together so as to clamp the headstall straps thereto, said clamping-plates also formed with a boss in line with the boss on the first plates, the two bosses forming a run- 1 way for the bag-supporting cord, said clamping-plates also formed with perforations adapted to pass over the reduced end of the studs, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this 1 specification in the presence of two subscrib- 1 ing witnesses.

I ALBERT M. SCHAPPA.

Witnesses:

Josnrn C. PARsoNs, JAMEs B. SQUIER. 

